Moneytrees and the art of development

How does a developing country get a leg up and what’s been big news on my tiny home away from home?
At the very end of January and very beginning of February 2009, the Chinese sent a delegation over to the island of Mauritius to see if there were any potential investment/development opportunities here. 
I remember this [...]

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Green Sugar

Over one third of the island of Mauritius is covered in sugarcane fields.  At our local Super U supermarket, I can find numerous types of tasty sugar:  special sugar cubes, demerara, light brown soft, special raw, coffee crystals and light-to-dark muscovados.  At home, I have at least three different types just to mix it up.  [...]

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